SMU’s first PhD programme was launched in 2006 and we had our first graduate in 2011. Till-date, we have over 200 academic research PhD graduates who have secured good placements at prestigious international academic institutions and industry organisations.
Our graduates have successfully found placements as faculty members and academic researchers (in universities and the industry) around the world. Several academic institutions our graduates have joined include Bocconi University, Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Peking University and Tilburg University. Several industry organisations where our graduates have been appointed to include A*STAR (Singapore), DSO National Laboratories (Singapore), Google Switzerland GmbH and Twitter, Inc. (USA). Our graduates have indeed been successful in advancing their careers. You can view details of SMU’s PhD graduates’ placements.
Swee Won LO
Senior Lecturer
Singapore University of Social SciencesSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Multimedia and Data Security
Committee MembersProfessor Robert Huijie DENG (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Xuhua DING, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Yingjiu LI, SIS, SMU
Yongdong WU
- Senior Scientist & System Security Lab Head, Infocomm Security Department, Institute of Infocomm Research
Tuan Anh HOANG
Post-doctoral Researcher
L3S Research Center, GermanySMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Efficient Methods for Social and Information Networks Analysis and Mining, User Profiling and Personalization
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Jing JIANG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Baihua ZHENG, SIS, SMU
Professor Wee Sun LEE
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Wei GONG
Software Engineer
Google, USASMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Social Media User Profiling and User Behaviour Analysis
Committee MembersProfessor Ee-Peng LIM (Supervisor/Chair), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Gao CONG
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yi Wei YU
Chief Investment Officer
Shanghai Aijian Group, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2016
Research Interests
Corporate Finance; Corporate Innovation; Entrepreneurship; PE/VC Investment
Dissertation
Essays about Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jerry CAO (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jeremy GOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Yongheng DENG
- School of Design & Environment, NUS
Yuchen WANG
Assistant Professor
University of Science and Technology of ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2016
Research Interests
Asset Pricing, Institutional Investment, Behavioral Finance
Committee MembersProfessor Ekkehart BOEHMER (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Professor Melvyn TEO, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Kian Guan LIM, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Anthony TAY
- SOE, SMU
Zhiyong CHENG
Researcher
Shandong Artificial Intelligence Institute Jinan, Shandong, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2016
Research Interests
Information Retrieval, Multimedia Systems, Social Media Analysis and Mining
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jialie SHEN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Steven HOI, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Shuicheng YAN
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Bao Tan HUYNH
Senior Lecturer
School of Economics, Singapore Management UniversitySMU PhD in Economics, 2015
Research Interests
Real Business Cycles, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomic Theory
Dissertation
Role and Impact of Energy in the Business Cycle
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Sungbae AN (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Hian Teck HOON, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Haiping ZHANG, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Martin BODENSTEIN
- National University of Singapore
Jack HONG Jiajun
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Jcube Capital Partners, Singapore
SMU PhD in Business, 2015
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Natural Language Programming, Network Centrality, Information Credibility
Dissertation
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jeremy GOH (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Roger LOH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Paul MALATESTA
- University of Washington
Jinghao KE
Chief Investment Officer
Jcube Capital Partners, SingaporeSMU PhD in Business, 2015
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Incentives Design, Corporate Governance, Natural Language Processing
Dissertation
Three Essays on Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Jeremy GOH (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Jerry CAO, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Gary CATON
- Montana State University
Kartik MURALIDHARAN
Research Scientist
Tata Consultancy Services Innovation Labs, Bangalore, IndiaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Rajesh BALAN (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Archan MISRA, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Youngki LEE, SIS, SMU
Ed CUTRELL
- Senior Researcher, Technology for Emerging Markets Group, Microsoft Research India
Katherine Anne VALENTINE
Lecturer, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Chapman University, USASMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Mate Selection, Female Competition, Paternal Care, Facial Attractiveness
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Norman LI (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Christie Nappa SCOLLON, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Forrest ZHANG, SOSS, SMU
Lay See ONG
MEDICAL STUDENT
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORESMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Socio-ecological Psychology, Relational Mobility, Creativity, Embodied Cognition
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Angela LEUNG (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Chi-Ying CHENG, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Ivy LAU, SOSS, SMU
Professor Chi-Yue CHIU
- Dean, Faculty of Social Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Minghui QIU
Senior Algorithm Expert
Alibaba Cloud, ChinaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Text Mining, Recommender Systems
Dissertation
Mining User Viewpoints in Online Discussions
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jing JIANG (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor David LO, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Aixin SUN
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Qiming DIAO
Senior Data Scientist
Booking.com, The NetherlandsSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Text Mining, Machine Learning and Recommendation
Dissertation
Event Identification and Analysis on Twitter
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jing JIANG (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Ee-Peng LIM, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Hady W. LAUW, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Wee Sun LEE
- School of Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Shaowei WANG
Assistant Professor
University of Manitoba, CanadaSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Code Search, Programme Analysis and Data Mining
Dissertation
Multimodal Code Search
Committee MembersAssistant Professor David LO (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Lingxiao JIANG, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Feida ZHU, SIS, SMU
Dr Julia LAWALL
- Research Director, INRIA/LIP6
Sharon KOH Li Hua
Adjunct Faculty
School of Social Sciences
Singapore Management UniversityVice President
Government of Singapore Investment CorporationSMU PhD in Psychology, 2015
Research Interests
Subjective well-being, Life Satisfaction, Emotions and Culture
Dissertation
The (Un) Desirability of Happiness: Pathogen Threats Predict Differences in the Value of Happiness
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Christie Nappa SCOLLON (Chair), SOSS, SMU
Associate Professor Norman LI, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Guihyun Grace PARK, SOSS, SMU
Assistant Professor Nicholas HARRIGAN, SOSS, SMU
Tiecheng LENG
Assistant Professor of Finance
Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaSMU PhD in Business, 2015
Research Interests
Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Supply Chain Finance, Politics and Finance
Dissertation
Two Essays on Corporate Finance
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Jerry CAO (Chair), LKCSB, SMU
Associate Professor Jeremy GOH, LKCSB, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH, LKCSB, SMU
Professor Donghui LI
- Sun Yat-sen University
Vishrut Dhirendra RANA
Economist
Standard and Poor's 500 Ratings Agency (Asia-Pacific)SMU PhD in Economics, 2015
Research Interests
Business Cycles, Financial Intermediation, Monetary Policy
Dissertation
Cyclical Public Policy and Financial Factors
Committee MembersAssistant Professor Sungbae AN (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Hian Teck HOON, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Nicolas L. JACQUET, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Serene TAN
- National University of Singapore
Yazhe WANG
Data Scientist
Tiktok, SingaporeSMU PhD in Information Systems, 2015
Research Interests
Social Network Analysis, Data Mining
Committee MembersAssociate Professor Baihua ZHENG (Chair/Supervisor), SIS, SMU
Professor Hwee Hwa PANG, SIS, SMU
Associate Professor Kyriakos MOURATIDIS, SIS, SMU
Assistant Professor Cong GAO
- Nanyang Technological University
Yingjie DONG
Assistant Professor, Business School
University of International Business and Economics, ChinaSMU PhD in Economics, 2015
Research Interests
Financial Econometrics, High-frequency Financial Data Analysis
Dissertation
Essays on High-frequency Financial Data Analysis
Committee MembersProfessor Yiu Kuen TSE (Chair/Supervisor), SOE, SMU
Professor Jun YU, SOE, SMU
Associate Professor Anthony TAY, SOE, SMU
Assistant Professor Aurobindo GHOSH
- LKCSB, SMU
